Setting: Stream selection type

This feature is available on Kodi 20 and above, on older Kodi versions the quality of the streams is closely dependent on the settings available.

This setting allows you to select the way in which the quality of the audio/video streams is chosen, but could be also overridden by the video add-on being used.

Stream selector types

Adaptive

• Designed for self-adapting stream quality based on available network bandwidth and to fit the screen resolution
• Allows smooth playback of a video without stopping to load the buffer

Manual OSD

• Designed more for testing purposes, but could be used also to have a fixed stream
• Allows you to manually select stream quality from Kodi OSD settings.
• The initial stream quality is choosen by taking into account the screen resolution and can be limited by resolution max setting
• The stream selected is fixed, it can only change if it is done manually by Kodi OSD settings.